Northern Cardinal

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Cardinalidae

Genus

Cardinalis

eBird Code

norcar

Subspecies (19)

• Cardinalis cardinalis affinis

  western Mexico (southeastern Sonora to southwestern Chihuahua and western Durango)

• Cardinalis cardinalis canicaudus

  western Oklahoma and western Texas to east-central Mexico

• Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis

  eastern USA

• Cardinalis cardinalis carneus

  coastal western Mexico (Colima to Isthmus of Tehuántepec)

• Cardinalis cardinalis clintoni

  Isla Cerralvo (Gulf of California)

• Cardinalis cardinalis coccineus

  eastern Mexico (eastern San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, northeastern Puebla, and northern Oaxaca)

• Cardinalis cardinalis flammiger

  southeastern Mexico (southern Quintana Roo), Belize, and Petén of northern Guatemala

• Cardinalis cardinalis floridanus

  southeastern Georgia and peninsular Florida

• Cardinalis cardinalis igneus

  southern Baja California (north to latitude 27°N)

• Cardinalis cardinalis littoralis

  lowlands of eastern Mexico (southern Veracruz and Tabasco)

• Cardinalis cardinalis magnirostris

  southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana

• Cardinalis cardinalis mariae

  Tres Marías Islands (off western Mexico)

• Cardinalis cardinalis phillipsi

  Yucatan Peninsula (southeastern Mexico)

• Cardinalis cardinalis saturatus

  Cozumel (off Quintana Roo)

• Cardinalis cardinalis seftoni

  central Baja California (south to latitude 27°N)

• Cardinalis cardinalis sinaloensis

  coastal western Mexico (Sinaloa and Jalisco)

• Cardinalis cardinalis superbus

  far southeastern California to Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Sonora

• Cardinalis cardinalis townsendi

  Isla Tiburón (Sea of Cortés) and adjacent coastal Sonora

• Cardinalis cardinalis yucatanicus

  base of the Yucatan Peninsula (southeastern Mexico)